The company has already reached 1,800 partners in its 5G Open partner program
Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo plans to launch pre-commercial 5G services in September 2019, the carrier’s president and CEO, Kazuhiro Yoshizawa, said during a conference call with investors and analysts.
Yoshizawa also said...
CWA tells FCC merger could kill 30,000 jobs
While T-Mobile US CEO John Legere and Marcelo Claure, former Sprint CEO and current COO of Sprint parent company SoftBank, told workers during a recent town hall meeting at Sprint's Overland Park headquarters, that a merger of...
BMW, Volkswagen and Daimler have already expressed interest in operating private 5G networks for their plants
German car makers are looking to deploy their own 5G networks in order to start manufacturing self-driving cars by 2021, German press reported.
Under such a scenario, car makers would...
Sprint CEO Michel Combes calls it a "major milestone"
This week Sprint reported its Q2 2018 financials. Highlights include year-over-year growth in wireless service revenue for the first time in about five years with net income of $196 million and operating income of $778 million....
IBM wants to maintain Red Hat "open source innovation"
As it stands, IBM's cloud customers have moved around 20% of their workloads to the cloud, according to CEO Ginni Rometty. She called that chapter one. Chapter two is moving the other 80%, which she said...
One question when considering the T-Mobile US, Sprint merger is whether it will result in job loss. The answer to that question is both yes and no. There was an event held at Sprint HQ for workers wondering about their job security. I think...
The two companies said they aim to offer new 5G solutions through the integration of their current portfolios
Swedish vendor Ericsson and Japanese company Fujitsu have entered an agreement to deliver end-to-end 5G network solutions and related services under a strategic partnership.
Under the partnership, the...
AT&T says 5G launch will come within weeks
Amid higher revenues and profits following its acquisition of Time Warner, AT&T is preparing for a 5G launch that it says will come within "weeks" -- and called out the strength of its prepaid segment during the...
Under the new alliance, NEC and Samsung will combine their expertise in 5G and IT solutions
NEC and Samsung Electronics have announced a partnership with the main aim of strengthening their next-generation business portfolio, including 5G.
Under the new partnership, NEC and Samsung will merge both...
Crown Castle said its pipeline of contracted small cells nodes to be constructed over the next 18-24 months stands at 35,000
Crown Castle expects to deploy between 10,000 and 15,000 small cells in 2019, CEO Jay Brown said during an earnings call with analysts.
“In addition...
The Canadian carrier said the deployment will start in Ontario by the end of this year
Canadian carrier Rogers announced its plan to launch an LTE Cat M1 network (LTE-M) to provide IoT-based services across Canada.
The telco said that the deployment of this technology will...
DoJ, SEC investigation could result in 'monetary and other measures' for Ericsson, CEO says
Ericsson reported its Q3 2018 financials this week and CEO Börje Ekholm said the company is showing a profit for the first time since 2016 as the network infrastructure vendor continues to...
Huawei will help the Saudi telco to upgrade its existing infrastructure towards 5G
Saudi Arabian carrier Mobily has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chinese vendor Huawei focused on the deployment of future 5G networks in the country.
The companies announced a five-year plan to...
Samsung had previously announced an investment of $22 billion over the next three years in AI, 5G, automotive electronics components and biopharmaceuticals
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics announced the acquisition of Spanish artificial intelligence-based network and service analytics startup Zhilabs, aiming to enhance its...
The Philippine carrier aims to launch commercial 5G in the second quarter of 2019
Philippine operator Globe Telecom has inked an agreement with the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to speed up the deployment of more than 120 cell sites in certain districts in Metro...
The European telco is currently testing 5G technologies in a cluster in Berlin
Deutsche Telekom said it expects to offer 5G coverage to 99% of Germany’s population and 90% of its geographic territory by 2025, the operator said in a statement.
Deutsche Telekom's plans for the...
The Canadian company will use fixed wireless 5G equipment from U.S. firm PHAZR
Canadian operator TeraGo announced that it will be starting a technical trial in the greater Toronto area utilizing fixed wireless 5G millimeter wave equipment from PHAZR.
The trial will use TeraGo's licensed spectrum...
NTT DoComo, KDDI and SoftBank aim to launch full 5G services in 2020
Japanese mobile carriers have confirmed plans to launch 5G commercial services in 2019, a year ahead of schedule, local press reported.
NTT DoCoMo, KDDI and Softbank representatives said during a communications ministry hearing...
South Korean carriers are still in the process of selecting 5G suppliers
Chinese vendor Huawei said it is open to working with South Korean authorities to provide all the required information about the security of the firm’s 5G equipment, in a public statement on the...
Huawei said it had already sent a technical proposal for 5G trials to local authorities
Chinese vendor Huawei said it has received an invitation from the Indian government to take part in the country’s 5G trials, Indian press reported.
"We have received official invitation from...
Under the new agreement, both firms will connect 5,000 Telefonica’s base stations to DT’s fiber infrastructure
German carriers Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica Deutschland have announced an agreement to speed up the deployment of 5G networks and reduce cost.
Under this new deal, the two companies have...
The mobile operator aims to launch a commercial 5G network during 2019
U.K. mobile operator EE, owned by BT Group, has activated what it claims to be the country’s first 5G trial network in London’s Canary Wharf, local press reported.
EE said it is using equipment...
The judge decided to extend a previous monitorship over the company for another two years
A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Chinese vendor ZTE violated the terms of a probation which had been imposed in March 2017 when the company pleaded guilty to illegally...
The Indian government recently said it had invited Cisco, Nokia, Ericsson and Samsung to take part in 5G trials
Chinese vendor ZTE is currently working with Indian carriers to provide end-to-end solutions for the future launch of 5G technologies, Indian press reported.
ZTE said that leading...
